SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820-1906)

Her religious connections

The parents of Susan B. Anthony, Daniel and Lucy Anthony, were members of
the Quaker group. They also attended Unitarian Church services. Her father
was a member of the Adams, Massachusetts Society of Friends.

After they moved to Easton, N. Y. the whole family, parents and six
children, including Susan, who was twelve years old, were accepted into the
Easton Quaker Meeting on October 13, 1832.

When the family moved to Rochester, N.Y. they made friends with the
Quakers there. There was no minister at the Unitarian Church in Rochester at
this time, but they became friends with the Rev. Samuel May of the Syracuse
Unitarian Church. When Daniel Anthony died in November 1862, Samuel May came
to Rochester to conduct the funeral service. Frederick Douglas, the
abolitionist and Daniel's long-time friend, delivered the
eulogy.

In the 1890's the Rev. Wm. C. Gannett was the minister of the Rochester
Unitarian Church, which Susan attended. Susan and his wife, Mary, became
close friends. Mary Gannett was also a Quaker, even though now a Unitarian
minister's wife.

The Unitarians, Universalists and The Reformed Jewish Congregation held an
annual joint Thanksgiving Service in Rochester (and still do). In 1890 Dr.
Gannett, Rabbi Mansberg and Susan B. Anthony were the speakers at this annual
Thanksgiving Day Service.

When Miss Anthony died, her death was recorded in the Rochester Quaker
Register as follows: "13th 3rd mo. 1906. Susan B. Anthony died this morning
in the 87th year of her age at her home, l7th Madison St, at 12:40 o'clock.
Pneumonia the cause." It was reported that: ''Mr. Gannett's church, which
Susan regularly attended, was considered too small for the funeral, and the
largest church in the city, the Central Presbyterian, was chosen instead."
The ministers of the Unitarian and Presbyterian churches conducted the
funeral ceremonies. She was buried in Mt. Hope cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.

Her home at 17th Madison Street, Rochester, N.Y. was made a National
Historic Landmark in 1966 by the United States Government.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820-1906) Her Life and Works

For fifty-five years of her life, Susan B. Anthony lectured and worked for
the right of women to vote, Beginning at the age of 17 she argued for equal
pay for teachers, coeducation and college training for girls.

She was a teacher in Canajoharie, N.Y. at the time of the first Woman's
Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. in 1848, which she attended. At that
time she was interested in organizing the Daughters of Temperance, but after
she talked with Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Stanton in 1851, she saw the need
for woman suffrage and joined them in a life-long crusade for the rights of
women.

This stamp honors the leaders of the woman suffrage movement with whom
Susan worked. Pictured are Elizabeth Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt and
Lucretia Mott. The stamp was issued in 1948 to commemorate a century of
progress of American Women.

Susan B. Anthony led a group of women to the polls in Rochester in 1872 to
test the right of women to the franchise under the Fourteenth Amendment. Her
subsequent arrest, trial and sentence to a fine of $100.00 (which she refused
to pay) were a cause c'ele'bre; other women followed her example until the
case was decided against them by the Supreme Court.

In 1890 the two-leading woman suffrage groups united to form the National
American Woman Suffrage Association. Mrs. Stanton was its first president,
Miss Anthony succeeded her in 1891 and served until 1900. In order to open
college to women, Miss Anthony challenged the trustees of the University of
Rochester. She raised the money they demanded, so that the University was
forced to admit women to its classes in September 1900.

It wasn't until 1920, fourteen years after Miss Anthony's death that the
Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the vote, became the law of the land. Upon
the 50th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage this stamp was issued to honor the
event.

SUSAN AT FORTY-EIGHT BORN FEB. 15, 1820 - DIED MAR. 13,
1906

Great pioneer who for more than half a century led the crusade for equal
rights for women-political, civil and economic.

In 1860 (March 20) she secured the Married Women's Property Act in New
York. In 1920 (August 26) the Woman Suffrage Amendment, for which she spoke
before every Congress from 1869 to 1906, was finally included in the
Constitution as the XlXth Amendment. The Equal Rights Amendment, now pending
before Congress, provides that, "Man and women shall have equal rights
throughout the United States and every place subject to its
jurisdiction."

In the Capitol at Washington there is a monument to Miss Anthony.
"Suffrage for Women" was commemorated by the beautiful Anthony stamp August
26, 1936,-the most popular special stamp ever issued. Governors of 33 States
and 3 Territories had in 1939 proclaimed her birthday, February Fifteenth, as
Susan B. Anthony Day.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY Her Home in Rochester, NY

This 50¢ stamp was issued in 1954 as one of the definitive
series called: "Liberty Series." Susan B. Anthony is the only woman so
honored in this issue.

The Anthony house at 17 Madison Street, Rochester New York was the home of
the great woman's suffrage leader from 1866 to 1906. It is now preserved by
the Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc. It is open to visitors Wednesday through
Saturday.

This was the home of Daniel and Lucy Anthony and of their children. Upon
the death of the parents, Susan's sister, Mary, owned the house. Susan and
Mary lived here until their deaths.

In 1945 the house was bought and restored in keeping with the time in
which Miss Anthony lived.

In 1966 the Anthony house was made a National Historic Landmark by the
United States Government.

Miss Anthony's desk has been returned and there are many photos and
memorabilia commemorating Miss Anthony and the woman's suffrage movement.

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The Susan B. Anthony House at 17 Madison Street, Rochester, New York,
was the home of the great woman's suffrage leader from 1866 to 1906. It is
now preserved by the Susan B. Anthony House, Inc., a museum and learning
center. It is open to visitors Tuesday through Sunday, except major
holidays.

This home was purchased by Lucy Anthony, Susan B. Anthony's mother,
after she was widowed. She moved into the house with two of her daughters,
Susan and Mary S. Anthony. Additional Anthony family members lived there
from time to time. Mary eventually acquired the home from her mother, and
Susan and Mary lived here until their deaths. The house next door, at 19
Madison Street, was owned by their sister, Hannah Mosher, and her family.
That house is now the Visitor Center and museum shop.

The House holds a collection of artifacts and furnishings, and there are
many photos and memorabilia commemorating Miss Anthony and her lifetime
work toward social reform and human rights for all.